Turkish sources revealed that two trucks carrying archaeological Syrian holdings crossed into Turkey coming from Raqa through the " Salama crossing " controlled by " Daash ". The source said that the trucks accompanied by Syrian armed directed to " Gaziantep Museum", while a source from the museum confirmed this information and pointed out that the process of transferring the ruins was coordinated and cooperated with "Loa al-Hk" from al-Hr militia of the opposition coalition and the Turkish security authorities ,

Local activists confirmed the incident and said that about a hundred armed militants from "Daash" stormed Hergla Palace in Raqa and stole it and looted it treasures into an unknown destination.

The Palace ofHergla date back to the last quarter of the eighteenth century , when Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid command of building it to be one of his palaces on the Euphrates River .